46 CFR 108.157
§ 108.157 Locked doors.
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- 46 CFR 108.157, § 108.157 Locked doors, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/226744
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Full text
No door to the required means of escape may be designed to lock except—
(a) A crash door or a door that has a locking device that can be easily forced, if on both sides of the door a permanent and easily seen instruction is placed; or
(b) An outside door to a deckhouse if the door can be locked by key only and if the master or person in charge has control of the key to the door's lock.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.